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Please include glosses and only one or two langs per post. (No copy-pasta.)

English:
A: Did you see that?
B: No! What was it?
C: Yes! It was a naked lady!

Inyauk:
A: Fínim ziru-únyalak ní-aya? (Fínim ziru-únyalak?)
/'fin-im θir-'ruɲ-al-ak 'ni-aja/
2dl-AGT Q-see-PST-END 3sg-OBJ

B: Yán! Zarní-aya?
/'jan θar-'ni-aja/
no Q-3sg-OBJ

C: Átx! Nahínyakimaamuraya! (Átx! Imúraya!)
/'aʧ nax-'iɲak-im-na-mur-aja/
yes IDF-person-FEM-ADJ-naked-OBJ

EDIT:typos, and added short version.

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

Agyonnar:
A: Del bir yura?
B: Ez! Manta zen?
C: Va! Dayone amoz!
(Assuming the lady in Question is an Agyon. A human lady is an "azo.")
A: this INT see?
B: No! what is?
C: Yes! Lady lewd!

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lol. Not the lewd lady!

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

The Agyon hold absurdly high standards for female modesty. Remember they're a species that only has sex about once per decade, so a lady appearing naked anywhere where she can be seen is considered kinda slutty. So "lewd" here is a fitting colloquial translation if not a literal one.

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Indeed. I figured as much, it is just funny to me. Cultural differences are fun.
This dialogue is actually based on an Inyauk myth. The gist is pretty much one of the goddesses comes down to earth, runs around naked, has sex with some guys, kills them, then tells the other people they're nothing and then leaves. So yeah, not really a big deal to them.

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

Ríhannen:
A: Veirúsit (deret)?
veir-ú-si-t (deret)?
see-PST-RES-3PS (that.which.is.no.longer.seen)?

B: Veiróntta!* Har ót?
veir-ó-n-tta! har Ø-ó-t?
see-PST-1PS-NEG! who.what be-PST-3PS?

C: Veirón!* Adonel annáya ót!
veir-ó-n! adon-el annáya Ø-ó-t!
see-PST-1PS! naked-ADJ lady be-PST-3PS!

* Ríhannen has no words for "yes" and "no", so the verb is repeated instead. Since verbs can be very long, they are often shortened by cutting out unnecessary information. For example, the resultative suffix -si- was omitted in the answers, though it is present in the question.

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Intriguing. Is this attested in any natlang?

Is it possible that a speaker of Ríhannen might substitute '(it is) true' or '(it is) false' instead of repeating the verb?

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

The Celtic languages do this. In fact, the practice of answering a question with "I do", "It is", "She may", "We don't", "He can't", "They are", etc. was introduced into America by Irish immigrants.

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31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!

At least according to the article on echo answers on wikipedia, Finnish answers using the main verb of the question rather than some auxiliary:

A: "Tuletteko kaupungista?" ("Are you coming from town?" - come-2pl-INTER town-ELAT)
B: "Tulemme" ("we are coming" - come-1pl)

Although it does say that negatives, following the same pattern, can be reduced down to the negative auxiliary, e.g.:

A: "Tunnetteko herra Lehdon?" ("Do you know Mr. Lehto?" - know-2pl/POL-INTER mister Lehto-GEN)
B: "En tunne" ("I don't know" - "don't"-1s know)
B(alt.): "En" ("I don't" - "don't"-1s)

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You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.

Have you looked at this?

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КЕРВЕНСКИЙ

Thanks guys!
I feel enlightened in the way of answering a question.

But MOAR translations!

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

No. It would sound too artificial, in the standard language at least. But some dialects might use it.

Debatable, yet possible explanation. Although it'd be better to say "was introduced to English by Celts".

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Kankonian:

A: Mahan ar emen ham?
do? you see+PAST that

B: Thi! Hiel en wan?
no! what was it

C: So! Wan en mopiga burip!
yes! it was woman naked

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My Kankonian-English dictionary: 36,000 entries and counting

31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!

That was what I read. It was probably in Speaking Freely, which has an American bias. According to the source, it really did come into English via the United States rather than the United Kingdom, even though there are Irish living in England (Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon both have Irish surnames, for instance).

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My Kankonian-English dictionary: 36,000 entries and counting

31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!

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Amjati:
A: Nor suek?
nor sue-k
Q see-PST-2.m.m

B: Tjo! Inra elir?
ʨo! inra elir
no! what 3.m-be.PST

C: Lja! Iliar az mirea skan!
ʎa! i-liar az mire-a skan
yes! 3f-be.PST IDF.f.ABS naked-ABS woman.der

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

This is an interesting subject. I have never thought that that other languages say yes/no much easier than Finnish.

It is really complicated to answer a negative question in Finnish.

Etkö tappanut häntä? 'Didn't you kill him?'
En./Joo. 'No/yeah'
Siis tapitko vai etkö? 'Did you kill or not?'
En./Joo. 'no/yeah'
No antaa olla. Kuollut mikä kuollut. 'Let it be. He is dead.'

Lantasi:
A: Cú-oriau dàciam?
/kwoɾɪjaʊ ɖəʧæm/
Did you see that?
[Query-see.you that-f.acc?]

B: Nu, Cú-estia?
/nʊ, kwɛʃʈæ/
No! What was it?
[No, Query-be.past-f?]

C: Sie! Estia sà feminam ianàs!
/ʃɛ! ɛʃʈæ sə fɛmɪnæŋ jænəs - m becomes ŋ if the next word begins with j, g, k or ŋ/
Yes! It was a naked lady!
[Yes! Be.past.f a.f lady.acc.f barren.f]

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Am I all that I am? Well, I am, that I am.

A: Did you see that?
B: No! What was it?
C: Yes! It was a naked lady!

Selinki [s"e:liNki]

Oviola-gko dar ldo?
["o:violaG\o Dar lD"o:]
see-PST.2SG.QUESTION you that-ACC

Miz! Czes don badaj?
[m"i:z ts`es Don b"a:Daj]
No What that be-PST.3SG

Ie! Don badaj polnerodelnis cejd
[i"e: Don b"a:Daj polner"oDelnis ts"ejD]
Yes It be-PST.3SG full.body-ADJ woman

A: Did you see that?
B: No! What was it?
C: Yes! It was a naked lady!

Zidhgebzhail

A: zil bwukhef klygAin?
B: oig! my g[yh]a-kleb?
C: iel! za g[yh]ar-aza gilkoenysa!



A: Did you see that?
B: No! What was it?
C: Yes! She was a naked woman!

Note that the animate 3rd person pronoun is used in 'C', since to use the inanimate form to refer to a person would be extremely rude.

Dan

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Valar morghulis.

Zidhgebzhail Orthography